Patents by Inventor Wei Yeh

Wei Yeh has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Catalyst carrier, catalyst thereon and C-C coupling method use the same
    Patent number: 8415504
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a catalyst carrier, including a nano carbon material; and a polymer grafted on the nano carbon material, wherein the polymer has a repetitive unit comprising a phosphorous atom. The disclosure further provides a catalyst deposited on the catalyst carrier of the disclosure. The catalyst of the disclosure has high reactivity, and is easy to be recovered in C—C coupling reactions such as a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Mao-Lin Hsueh, Cheng-Wei Yeh, Kuo-Chen Shih, Hsiao-Chun Yeh, Yi-Zhen Chen
  • TOUCH DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20130044068
    Abstract: A touch display panel including a display panel and a touch panel is provided. The display panel includes a shielding pattern and a plurality of pixels separated by the shielding pattern and including multiple edge directions. The touch panel is disposed on the display panel and includes a plurality of first sensing series, a plurality of second sensing series and a plurality of dielectric patterns. Each dielectric pattern is disposed between each first sensing series and each second sensing series intersected therewith, and includes multiple edge direction non-parallel to the edge direction of the pixel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicants: WINTEK CORPORATION, WINTEK (CHINA) TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: Ta-Wei Yeh, Chi-Ming Hsieh, Jen-Wei Chou, Chia-Chi Chen, Hui-Chun Chen, Hong-En Yang
  • Aggregate Crowdsourcing Platforms
    Publication number: 20130029769
    Abstract: Systems, methods and computer program products for aggregating crowdsourcing platforms are disclosed. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a crowdsourcer (i.e., a sponsor for a particular contest, competition, or task) can provide the same contest, competition, or task across several communities that may have different user interfaces and/or different user devices or processes. The crowdsourcer can reward the community or community member that provides the winning solution or valuable answer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Inventor: Wei-Yeh Lee
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20130010219
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel divided into a first area and a second area is provided. The first and second areas both include first sub-pixels and second sub-pixels. Each first sub-pixel provides a first main alignment vector; each second sub-pixel provides a second main alignment vector having a direction opposite to that of the first main alignment vector. The LCD panel has first sub-pixel units and second sub-pixel units arranged in arrays. Each first sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from top to bottom in a column direction. Each second sub-pixel unit includes one first sub-pixel and one second sub-pixel sequentially arranged from bottom to top in the column direction. In any one of the first area and the second area, multiple first sub-pixel units and multiple second sub-pixel units are arranged together in a same row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • INVERTED METAMORPHIC (IMM) SOLAR CELL SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE AND LASER LIFT-OFF METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20120325300
    Abstract: An inverted metamorphic (IMM) solar cell semiconductor structure for use of a laser lift-off (LLO) process using external laser is introduced. The IMM solar cell semiconductor structure includes a substrate layer, a sacrifice layer, a plurality of bandgap layers, and a handle layer. The sacrifice layer, formed on the substrate layer, is made of a material containing a III-V compound. The bandgap layers, formed on the sacrifice layer, are for producing movements of electronic holes according to an absorbed extrinsic light wavelength. The handle layer is formed on the bandgap layers. Laser penetrates the substrate layer to fall on the sacrifice layer, such that the bandgap layers are lifted off by the sacrifice layer, thereby resulting in a high-efficiency IMM solar cell. A LLO laser lift-off method for the IMM solar cell semiconductor is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Chan-Wei Yeh, Chih-Hung Wu, Min-De Yang, Yun-Heng Tseng
  • Method of fabricating a plurality of gate structures
    Patent number: 8334198
    Abstract: The invention relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to a semiconductor device with a plurality of gate structures. An exemplary method of fabricating the plurality of gate structures comprises providing a silicon substrate; depositing a dummy oxide layer over the substrate; depositing a dummy gate electrode layer over the dummy oxide layer; patterning the layers to define a plurality of dummy gates; forming nitrogen-containing sidewall spacers on the plurality of dummy gates; forming an interlayer dielectric layer between the nitrogen-containing sidewall spacers; selectively depositing a hard mask layer on the interlayer dielectric layer by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process; removing the dummy gate electrode layer; removing the dummy oxide layer; depositing a gate dielectric; and depositing a gate electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian-Hao Chen, Wei-Yang Lee, Wei-Yeh Tang, Xiong-Fei Yu, Kuang-Yuan Hsu
  • DISPLAY APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120293750
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel disposed between a first polarizer and a second polarizer and having at least one first area and at least one second area. A first light-transmission axis direction of the first polarizer is substantially perpendicular to a second light-transmission axis direction of the second polarizer. The first light-transmission axis direction intersects a horizontal axis direction by about 45 degrees. When the display panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have different brightness in a side viewing angle direction but have the same brightness in and around a normal viewing angle direction. When the display panel is in a wide viewing angle display mode, the first and second areas have substantially the same brightness in various viewing angle directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • SIMULATED SUNLIGHT GENERATING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20120287597
    Abstract: A simulated sunlight generating device for generating a simulated sunlight required for evaluating performance of solar cells includes a plurality of driving units, a plurality of light-emitting units, and a plurality of adjusting units. The driving units drive the light-emitting units to emit light. The adjusting units enable the light of the light-emitting units to not only propagate along the same light route but also be added up and combined to form the simulated sunlight of an intended wavelength with ease of installation, ease of maintenance, low costs, high flexibility, and high efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH, ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL, EXECUTIVE YUAN
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Wu, Min-De Yang, Chan-Wei Yeh
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20120280895
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel divided into a first and a second regions respectively having a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in array is provided. Each sub-pixel has a first display area providing a first main alignment vector, a second display area providing a second main alignment vector, and a compensation display area. A direction of the first main alignment vector is opposite to that of the second main alignment vector. When the liquid crystal display panel states in the narrow viewing angle display mode, driving voltages of the first display areas in the first region are substantially greater than driving voltages of the second display areas in the first region, driving voltages of the first display areas in the second region are smaller than driving voltages of the second display areas in the second region, and all the compensation display areas in the first and the second regions are enabled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20120281174
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display (LCD) panel is provided. A pixel structure of the LCD panel has an asymmetrical liquid crystal alignment. The LCD panel is divided into an array of display blocks. When the LCD panel is in a narrow viewing angle display mode, some of the display blocks are disabled or darkened so that a displayed image is interfered by the disabled or darkened display blocks when it is viewed from the side. Thereby, an anti-peep effect is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chao-Wei Yeh, Chien-Huang Liao, Wen-Hao Hsu
  • METHOD OF FABRICATING A PLURALITY OF GATE STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20120264281
    Abstract: The invention relates to integrated circuit fabrication, and more particularly to a semiconductor device with a plurality of gate structures. An exemplary method of fabricating the plurality of gate structures comprises providing a silicon substrate; depositing a dummy oxide layer over the substrate; depositing a dummy gate electrode layer over the dummy oxide layer; patterning the layers to define a plurality of dummy gates; forming nitrogen-containing sidewall spacers on the plurality of dummy gates; forming an interlayer dielectric layer between the nitrogen-containing sidewall spacers; selectively depositing a hard mask layer on the interlayer dielectric layer by an atomic layer deposition (ALD) process; removing the dummy gate electrode layer; removing the dummy oxide layer; depositing a gate dielectric; and depositing a gate electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Jian-Hao CHEN, Wei-Yang LEE, Wei-Yeh TANG, Xiong-Fei YU, Kuang-Yuan HSU
  • C2/M-Structured Cathode Material for Lithium-Ion Battery
    Publication number: 20120258364
    Abstract: Disclosed is a C2/m-structured cathode material for a lithium-ion battery. The cathode material includes a lithium transition metal oxide represented by a formula of: Li(LiwNixCoyMnz)O2, wherein w+x+y+z=1, 0.42?z?0.60, 0.30?x+y?0.55, any of w, x, and y is larger than 0, and the cathode material having a single-phase structure with a space group of C2/m. A lithium-ion battery containing the C2/m-structured cathode material is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Maw-Kuen WU, Tzu-Wen HUANG, Horng-Yi TANG, Hua-Shu CHANG, Chui-Chang CHIU, Kuo-Wei YEH, Chung-Chieh CHANG
  • METAL FUEL POWERED DRIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DRIVING A PISTON IN A CYLINDER
    Publication number: 20120192814
    Abstract: A metal fuel powered driving system comprises: a cylinder; a piston disposed movably in and cooperating with the cylinder to define a combustion chamber; an arc generating unit including first and second electrodes extending into the combustion chamber, the first electrode being in the form of a first active metal wire; and a first wire supplying unit configured to feed the first active metal wire into the combustion chamber. When the power supplying source applies a voltage to the first and second electrodes, electric arc is generated between the first active metal wire and the second electrode to vaporize and combust the metal wire for driving movements of the piston. A method of driving a piston in a cylinder is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jien-Wei YEH, Kuang-Chien Hsieh
  • METHOD FOR FABRICATING POLYMER STABILIZED ALIGNMENT LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY PANEL
    Publication number: 20120169980
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a polymer stabilized alignment liquid crystal display panel including: filling a liquid crystal layer between a first substrate and a second substrate, the liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules, monomer with single functional group and monomer with multiple functional groups; polymerizing the monomer with single functional groups to form two alignment layers over inner surfaces of the first substrate and the second substrate; and polymerizing the monomer with multiple functional groups to form a polymer capable of pre-tilting the liquid crystal molecules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shih-Wei Yeh, Te-Sheng Chen, Chih-Ho Chiu, Hsi-Chien Lin
  • Catalsyt carrier, catalsyt thereon and C-C coupling method use the same
    Publication number: 20120165574
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a catalyst carrier, including a nano carbon material; and a polymer grafted on the nano carbon material, wherein the polymer has a repetitive unit comprising a phosphorous atom. The disclosure further provides a catalyst deposited on the catalyst carrier of the disclosure. The catalyst of the disclosure has high reactivity, and is easy to be recovered in C—C coupling reactions such as a Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Mao-Lin HSUEH, Cheng-Wei YEH, Kuo-Chen SHIH, Hsiao-Chun YEH, Yi-Zhen CHEN
  • CARBON NANOMATERIAL-SUPPORTED CATALYST AND APPLICATION THEREOF IN CYCLIC CARBONATE SYNTHESIS
    Publication number: 20120165482
    Abstract: The present disclosure is related to a carbon-nanomaterial-supported catalyst, including: a carbon nanomaterial, and a polymer grafted onto the carbon nanomaterial, wherein the polymer has a repeat unit containing a phosphonium salt and its molecular weight is 1,000-200,000. The disclosure is also related to a method of preparing carbonate, which includes using the carbon nanomaterial-supported catalyst for the cycloaddition reaction of carbon dioxide into the epoxy group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Cheng-Wei Yeh, Mao-Lin Hsueh, Kuo-Chen Shih, Yi-Zhen Chen
  • Fixing structure and electronic device using the same
    Patent number: 8199495
    Abstract: A fixing module and an electronic device using the same are provided. The fixing module includes a male housing and a female housing. The male housing disposed in a bottom cover includes a groove, cylinder and a first magnet. The cylinder is slidingly connected to the groove, and the first magnet is disposed in the cylinder. The female housing is disposed in a top cover, including a cavity and a second magnet. The cavity is disposed in correspondence to the cylinder, and the second magnet is fixed in the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Li-Chuan Liu, Yin-Ting Chen, Kun-Ho Lee, Po-Shen Hsiung, Yu-Wen Chen, Yin-Wei Yeh
  • High etch resistant material for double patterning
    Patent number: 8158335
    Abstract: The present invention includes a lithography method comprising forming a first patterned insist layer including at least one opening therein over a substrate. A water-soluble polymer layer is formed over the first patterned resist layer and the substrate, whereby a reaction occurs at the interface of the first patterned resist layer and the water-soluble polymer layer. The non-reacted water-soluble polymer layer is removed. Thereafter, a second patterned resist layer is formed over the substrate, wherein at least one portion of the second patterned resist layer is disposed within the at least one opening of the first patterned resist layer or abuts at least one portion of the first patterned resist layer. The substrate is thereafter etched using the first and second patterned resist layers as a mask.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Wei Yeh, Ching-Yu Chang, Jian-Hong Chen, Chih-An Lin
  • Facilitation of user management of unsolicited server operations
    Publication number: 20120084348
    Abstract: A trust architecture, including an intermediary for use therewith, which may be referred to as a Personal Privacy Stronghold (“PPS”), is disclosed which facilitates user management, including control, enablement, extension and augmentation, of unsolicited server operations, allowing the user to control such operations without compromising their ability to use other functionality. Such stateful operations may be used, for example, to monitor and track the user's Internet activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Yeh LEE, Frank J. Kozak
  • User interface for user management and control of unsolicited server operations
    Publication number: 20120084349
    Abstract: A trust architecture, including an intermediary for use therewith, which may be referred to as a Personal Privacy Stronghold (“PPS”), is disclosed which facilitates user management, including control, enablement, extension and augmentation, of unsolicited server operations, allowing the user to control such operations without compromising their ability to use other functionality. Such stateful operations may be used, for example, to monitor and track the user's Internet activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2011
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Inventors: Wei-Yeh Lee, Frank J. Kozak